Totally blind from birth, Mote's childhood in rural Alabama was not quite the same as other boys his age. Many challenges faced the young lad, as well as his brother, who was also born blind. Nevertheless, the Mote family clung to the promises of God's Word, particularly Jeremiah 29:11. Our parents always encouraged my brother and me, Mote remembers. They believed we could excel in whatever we chose to do, as long as we placed Christ at the center of our goals and our lives, and that's what we d...